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Newspaper
Bryan Weekly Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1933
Page
4
The LaGrange Journal argues editors should publish advertising to support local business and the public good. It cites General Johnson urging honest pricing and continuous ads, contending sales rise with advertising while newspapers aid community enterprises and readers trust advertising content.
A reader recounts meeting a proponent of government printing who argues for new government competition in printing and mail envelopes. The author defends private enterprise and buying locally, noting it benefits hometown shops and expressing disbelief at the idea.
The Bryan and Brazos County Chamber of Commerce is praised for guiding community development and benefiting the city and trade territory. It calls for broader financial backing from all residents, noting that shared costs sustain projects and avoid overburdening active supporters.
The Bryan city commission weighing filtration to remove taste issues from the new deep well water. Filtration could provide clear, palatable water with ample supply, avoiding costly river or artesian options.
In Bryan, young women seeking admission to A and M are met with broad opposition from former students and many readers. Some loyal supporters accept eventual co education, but hundreds oppose it. The state press treats the plea with humor, while A and M students show cautious interest.
About 20 Bryan residents met at Milton Maloney’s home Monday to organize the Bryan Little Theatre. Milton Maloney was elected president with Betty Syptak as vice president Jane Elliott secretary and Olin Sanders Jr business manager. Director role postponed as the group considers a three director plan. A regular meeting place committee and publicity chair were named and weekly meetings set for 7 p m Mondays until the organization stabilizes. Members from Bryan of all ages welcomed.
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The Aggies, previously expected to win, found an eight to eleven defense keyed by a solid line and quick backs at TCU. Texas A&M scored for the first time since 1929 but dropped the first conference game, though they still hold potential to end the schedule strong with four games ahead.
Miss Libby Slovacek of Snook has worsened after a month of illness. Ed E. Schiller and Joe Slovacek of Houston visited Snook parents. E B Middleton of Beaumont returned home from a visit to son Errol Middleton. Mrs Middleton, active in Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs, has long chaired prison affairs. H A Cline of Wharton visited Dr W B Cline. Miss Mary Hyman of Stephen F. Austin High School visited Rosebud. Mrs Sim Cooper returned from Sweetwater to Brazos County. Mason Cole, born in Brazos County, works with U S Crop Production Loan. Mr. and Mrs. David Young of Houston and Miss Jean Young of Chillicothe were guests of Mrs. W P Moore. Miss Bess McGee returned to Bryan from Houston. Mrs F D Fuller is at Scott and White in Temple for medical treatment and expected home next Sunday.
Circus day and night passed without burglaries in Bryan after Montgomery County Sheriff J. H. Reed ordered intensified patrols. Following a Conroe report that 23 residences were burglarized the night the circus showed, Sheriff Reed arranged extra officers and a motor patrol for the city’s residence and business districts.
Jeff Dick 74 father of Mrs. J. K. Walker of College Station had his leg amputated below the knee after a duck hunting accident in Galveston. Another hunter was shocked and in bad shape. Mrs. Walker awaited word on his condition after the operation.
Friday November 3 is set as Bryan and College Station Day at Arlington Downs. Track officials and Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce arranged the tribute with Texas cities, offering special rates for city days.
All Woodville school students were taken to Bryan to see the circus unloading and then visit the American Legion Free County Fair. Mrs P A Tardy teacher and trustees Peter Strata John Palasota and Charlie Patranella accompanied the children.
New York on Oct 24 recalls Jimmie Swinnerton a flamboyant desert painter and cartoonist known as Big Mouth for Navajo Hopi Zuni fame. Elsa Maxwell is praised for energizing socialites, while Broadway notes the collapsed Gould Manville marriage. Wall Street gloom and Frank Menke clashes over croquet term pronunciation.
Twenty five years ago the Bryan Morning Eagle notes that a city council meeting reported no scarlet fever cases. The piece also covers K P district meeting plans, local repairs at Joe Sebesta’s Red Top street home, Rev. Jeff D. Ray visiting for Baptist association events, local shoppers Ella and Della Edge, and a heavy rain causing slow train orders across Texas.
Three couples received marriage licenses Thursday from County Clerk Clyde Goen. The white pairs are Walter A. Sheffield with Mary Schleicher and Davis Burnett with Eunice Dudley. The two enslaved or African American couples licensed were Jesse Manning and James A. McMunoy.
Mrs. J. C. Webb 88 died at her Madisonville home after a brief illness. Born in Alabama she and her late husband Col J C Webb linked to Madisonville in 1876. Known as Colonel Mama she leaves sister Belle Towners two sons RE G Webb and Judge Joe FE Webb, a sister Jenni Harper, 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Interment followed in City cemetery.
The Bryan Federation of Young People's Societies met at the Free Will Baptist church Sunday afternoon. Rev. W. B. Breazeale of College Avenue Baptist spoke on the devil and God on earth, citing Judas as near to the devil in flesh, and contrasted Jesus Christ as the embodiment of God on earth. A piano solo by Miss Kathleen Stuart accompanied the program.
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The article argues disarmament proceeds despite Geneva stalemate and Germany’s withdrawal, urging cooperation over conflict. It stresses moral disarmament, layperson sacrifice for peace, and nations weighing sanctions, Locarno commitments, and US role as paths to lasting security.
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